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I have a 3.5 yo whom we moved from the family bed to her own bedroom a year ago. We took a couple months to do it very lovingly and slowly, and she was liking her new room a lot. Now all of a sudden she's afraid of monsters and things hiding in the closet, the shadows, and under the bed. She's afraid of the curtains moving with the breeze of the fan.
We put her to bed and 2 hours later she's still coming out of bed with some excuse or another to stay up. One night we counted 8 times. Her room is very well-lit, we even leave the hall light on. SIL is staying with us at present and sleeps on dd's bottom bunk so she's not alone in the room. But she's still scared and according to SIL wakes up wimpering sometimes. She joins us at around 3 AM. Baby's in our room sleeping in a bassinet.
Now dh and I have agreed that she kicks way too much for her to be sleeping in the family bed. No one gets any sleep but her and usually dh ends up retreating to the sofa while I get the brunt of the kicks. So last night we told her she could sleep in a sleeping bag on the floor at the foot of our bed. We all slept okay, but now dh and I kinda want to know if this is a good long-term solution. We enjoy having the bedroom to ourselves since baby's too young to know what's going on should we be intimate. With SIL visiting for the next 1.5 mos there's no other place in the house to go.
So how can we gently encourage dd to get back to her own bed and stop being afraid of monsters?
Thanks!
Darshani
We put her to bed and 2 hours later she's still coming out of bed with some excuse or another to stay up. One night we counted 8 times. Her room is very well-lit, we even leave the hall light on. SIL is staying with us at present and sleeps on dd's bottom bunk so she's not alone in the room. But she's still scared and according to SIL wakes up wimpering sometimes. She joins us at around 3 AM. Baby's in our room sleeping in a bassinet.
Now dh and I have agreed that she kicks way too much for her to be sleeping in the family bed. No one gets any sleep but her and usually dh ends up retreating to the sofa while I get the brunt of the kicks. So last night we told her she could sleep in a sleeping bag on the floor at the foot of our bed. We all slept okay, but now dh and I kinda want to know if this is a good long-term solution. We enjoy having the bedroom to ourselves since baby's too young to know what's going on should we be intimate. With SIL visiting for the next 1.5 mos there's no other place in the house to go.
So how can we gently encourage dd to get back to her own bed and stop being afraid of monsters?
Thanks!
Darshani